Speaking Justice to Power Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators

Foreword Kathryn Newcomer 1. Introduction Kim Forss and Mita Marra Part I: Equity in Theory: Implications for Evaluation 2. Thinking about Equity: From Philosophy to Social Science Mita Marra and Kim Forss 3. How Much Equity Do We Need? A Decision-Making Tool Reconciling Utilitarian and Rawlsian Approaches to Collective Efficiency Barbara Befani 4. Inequality, Institutions, and Change—The Case of Senegal Jens Andersson Part II: Equity in Evaluation Approaches: Challenges for Evaluators 5. Renewing Democratic Evaluation—The Case of a Progressive Evaluation Model Robert Picciotto 6. Beyond Feminist and Gender-Based Approaches: Evaluating Cooperation between Men and Women for Gender Equity Mita Marra 7. Equity versus (Gender) Equality: Complexities and Implications in Programming, Monitoring, and Evaluation Lydia Ruprecht and Sara Callegari 8. Using Th eories of Reach to Enhance Equity Considerations in Evaluation John Mayne 9. Achieving Equality at Scale through System Transformation: Evaluating System Change Tom Ling 10. Monitoring Equity and the Evaluation of Equity Monitoring Systems Peter Wilkins Part III: Equity in Program Evaluation: Lessons Learnt 11. Supporting Vulnerable Communities to Adapt to Climate Change: Defi ning Vulnerability and Evaluating Outcomes Alison Pollard 12. Evaluations of the Impact of Fair Trade on Development: Th e Case of Coffee Steve Jacob 13. Impact for Whom? Analyzing and Valuing the Distribution of Benefi ts from Sexual and Reproductive Health Interventions Kim Forss 14. Evaluating Equity within a Heterogeneous Group: The Challenges Faced by Child Rights Programming and Their Evaluation Ananda S. Millard 15. Getting Good Data to Evaluate Employment Equity Initiatives: An Example from Canada Maria Barrados 16. Equity-Oriented Interventions and Defining the Populations of Aboriginal Peoples and National Minorities: Experiences from Sweden, Canada, and Australia Maria Barrados, Kim Forss, and Peter Wilkins Contributors Index

Biography

Kim Forss holds a PhD from the Stockholm School of Economics. His research has concerned comparative studies of evaluation, the design of inquiring systems and organizational learning, utilization of results, as well as process use of evaluation. He works as an independent researcher out of his firm Andante - tools for thinking AB. Mitta Marra is Visiting Professor of Comparative Public Policy at The George Washington University. She is Associate Editor of Evaluation and Program Planning (EPP) and Editor in Chief of RIV - Rassena Italiana di Valutazione.